Men's feminization and gender equality
The present project aims at filling this gap and addressing this issue at three levels: the intrapersonal level (i.e., men's attitude toward career aspirations, work-family balance, and investment in the household), the intragroup level (i.e., men's attitude towards other men who behave in a counter-stereotypic way and question the status quo), and the intergroup level (i.e., men's discrimination towards women in general, and on the work market). We generally contend that such feminization may either lead men to challenge or reinforce the status quo and gender inequalities, depending on their motivation to uphold the antifemininity norm of masculinity.
As such, this project has both scientific and practical relevance. On a theoretical level, it will first increase our understanding of the barriers preventing men to challenge the status quo and reduce gender inequalities. Second, this project will increase our knowledge about men's reaction to changing gender norms, and about the situations in which men will conform or resist these changes. Finally, it will also highlight the importance of men's reaction to such changes at three different levels (personal, intragroup, and intergroup). Practically speaking, this project widens our knowledge about these societal issues, and provides insights for developing efficient ways to increase men's engagement in gender equality. Further, these findings may prove useful to policy makers, practitioners, teachers and counselors working in the field to change men's career aspirations, their interest in work-family balance, their attitudes towards non-traditional men, their sexist tendencies and gender-based discriminations in the workplace.
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Pubblicazioni
- Men's Gender Norms and Gender-Hierarchy-Legitimizing Ideologies
- Is Traditional Masculinity Still Valued? Men's Perceptions of How Different Reference...
- Men's Discomfort and Anticipated Sexual Misclassification Due to Counter-Stereotypical...
- The Impact of Masculinity Beliefs and Political Ideologies on Men’s Backlash Against...
- La féminisation perçue du rôle des hommes et ses effets sur l’(in)égalité de genre
- Gay-gender expression and attitudes toward gay people: The moderating role of perceived...
- Heterosexual men's attitudes towards homosexuality and ingroup distinctiveness: the role..
- Perceived Men's Feminization and Attitudes Toward Homosexuality: Heterosexual Men’s...
- The English Version of the Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Scale
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Lingue:
Inglese
Inizio del progetto:
2018
Fine del progetto:
2021
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Mascolinità
Stereotipi – pregiudizi
Norme – normatività
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Psicologia sociale
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